Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 203
y the time the third board of I wont warrant either of those posts to stand long,after the water begins to tear its way under. Chapter XXIX. REBUILDING THE DAM. Thkv hastened to the mill, and floated the mud-sill in place while there was yet water enough inthe fast-draining channel. It was a foot… … SOMEBODY THE BRIDGE, AND CALLED, the second set was in place, the water poured overit in a cascade. A fourth shut it off; and then thesledge-hammer was used again to drive each setof boards firmly together and settle them stilldeeper into the level river bed. The water underthe bridge fell away…
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